Divide and rule? Gap grows between Sydney's haves and have-lesses

From council mergers to the sale of public assets, shades of of ideology or reactive populism are being seen in the NSW government’s approachWhen the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced new laws to drive the rough sleepers out of Martin Place this week, the homelessness sector let out a collective sigh of exasperation.It wasn’t just the lack of compassion – more that the move-on powers ran contrary to the evidenced-based policies the sector had been screaming